British-Iranian anarchist revolutionary, hacktivist, and programmer
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4 episodes with Amir Taaki
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2 episodes with Amir Taaki
2 episodes with Amir Taaki
2 episodes with Amir Taaki
2 episodes with Amir Taaki
4 episodes with Amir Taaki
In recent years, Bitcoin has undergone a major culture shift which promotes stagnation, complacency & simping to politicians over maximizing the utility of the money. Eric Voskuil & John Carvalho join the show to remind everyone what the mission really is. State of Bitcoin - [00:01:17] Bitcoin Maximalism - [00:01:32] Bitcoin as a Ponzi Scheme - [00:02:27] Transaction Fees - [00:04:57] History of Bitcoin Tokens (Omni, Counterparty, Mastercoin) Definition of Tokens - [00:08:01] Custodial Problems with Tokens - [00:09:12] Bitcoin and Fiat Money - [00:11:09] Why Bitcoiners Talk About Money - [00:15:49] Stateless Money - [00:17:44] Austrian Economics and Bitcoin - [00:21:01] Monetary Inflation vs. Price Inflation - [00:26:01] Cantillon Effect - [00:29:00] Dollar Inflation and Gold - [00:33:59] Misunderstandings in the Bitcoin Community - [00:41:42] Bitcoin Semantics - [00:43:21] Bitcoin Divisibility - [01:00:13] Bitcoin Deflation - [01:03:41] Maxi Price and One Coin Assumption - [01:07:43] Competition Between Monies - [01:13:42] Scaling Bitcoin - [01:22:41] Bitcoin for the Unbanked - [01:26:14] Maximizing Throughput - [01:36:11] Right to Fork - [01:45:45] Running Old Bitcoin Versions - [01:51:35] Bitcoin as Money vs. Credit - [01:56:26] Settlement in Bitcoin - [02:07:45] Peer-to-Peer Credit Systems - [02:14:47] Fractional Reserve Banking - [02:26:32] Bitkit Wallet and Spending vs. Saving - [02:36:13] Block size increases and Bitcoin adoption - [03:00:00] Scaling Bitcoin and transaction validation - [03:01:00] Bitcoin overflowing into Litecoin and quantum resistance - [03:02:00] Pruning historical data and exchange price - [03:03:00] Lightning system complexity and Bitcoin's value proposition - [03:05:00] Bitcoin as an investment and speculation - [03:07:00] Optimizing Bitcoin throughput and developer motivations - [03:09:00] Scaling Bitcoin and speculation - [03:11:00] Shitcoins, scams, and Bitcoin's security model - [03:13:00] Litecoin's extension blocks and Mimblewimble - [03:15:00] Bitcoin's security and the legitimacy of altcoins - [03:17:00] Shitcoins and Bitcoin's essential aspects - [03:19:00] Majority hash power censorship and attacks - [03:21:00] Bitcoin speculation and market dynamics - [03:23:00] Michael Saylor's Bitcoin strategy and MicroStrategy's history - [03:26:00] Saylor's Bitcoin investment and market manipulation - [03:29:00] Saylor's stock sales and Bitcoin's future - [03:31:00] Blockstream's accomplishments and the Chia project - [03:33:00] Blockstream's influence and SegWit - [03:35:00] Adam Back's influence and Blockstream's hype - [03:37:00] Bitcoin Core's power and the need for competition - [03:39:00] Initial block download performance and Bitcoin Core's architecture - [03:41:00] UTXO store and Bitcoin Core's performance - [03:43:00] Parallelism in Bitcoin Core and assumed UTXO - [03:45:00] Initial block download time and Bitcoin Core's scalability - [03:47:00] Monoculture in Bitcoin development and IBD performance - [03:49:00] UTXO cache and shutdown time - [03:51:00] Trust assumptions in Bitcoin Core and UTXO commitments - [03:53:00] Bitcoin Core's halting problem and theoretical download limits - [03:55:00] Sponsorships: Sideshift, LayerTwo Labs, Ciurea - [03:57:00] Drivechains and ZK rollups - [04:02:00] ZK rollups and liquidity on Ethereum - [04:04:00] Drivechains and altcoins - [04:06:00] Scaling Bitcoin and cultural taboos - [04:08:00] Engineer-driven change and Monero's approach - [04:10:00] Confidential transactionsL Zano & DarkFi - [04:12:00] Fungibility and Bitcoin's metadata - [04:14:00] Privacy, metadata, and state surveillance - [04:16:00] Privacy, taint, and Bitcoin mixing - [04:18:00] Bitcoin mixing and plausible deniability - [04:20:00] Mining and company registration - [04:22:00] Block reward and hash power - [04:24:00] Privacy and mixing - [04:26:00] Privacy in the Bitcoin whitepaper and zero-knowledge proofs - [04:28:00] Dark Wallet and John Dillon - [04:30:00] Dark Wallet and Li Bitcoin - [04:32:00] Amir Taaki's projects and software development - [04:34:00] Dark Wallet funding and developer costs - [04:36:00] Libbitcoin's code size and developer salaries - [04:38:00] John Dillon and Greg Maxwell - [04:40:00] Opportunistic encryption and BIPs 151/152 - [04:42:00] Dandelion and privacy - [04:44:00] BIP 37 and Bloom filters - [04:46:00] Consensus cleanup and the Time Warp bug - [04:48:00] Merkle tree malleability and 64-byte transactions - [04:50:00] 64-byte transactions and SPV wallets - [04:52:00] Coinbase transactions and malleability - [04:54:00] Invalid block hashes and DoS vectors - [04:56:00] Core bug and ban list overflow - [04:58:00] Storing hashes of invalid blocks - [05:00:00] DoS vectors and invalid blocks - [05:02:00] Malleated Merkle trees and 64-byte transactions - [05:04:00] 64-byte transactions and Merkle tree malleability - [05:06:00] Null points and malleated blocks - [05:08:00] Redundant checks and the inflation soft fork - [05:10:00] Op code separator and code complexity - [05:12:00] Transaction order in a block - [05:14:00] Forward references in blocks - [05:16:00] Coinbase transaction rules - [05:18:00] Time Warp bug and Litecoin support - [05:20:00] Quadratic op roll bug - [05:22:00] Stack implementation and op roll - [05:24:00] Templatized stack and op roll optimization - [05:26:00] Non-standard transactions and direct submission to miners - [05:28:00] Mempool policy and DoS - [05:30:00] Monoculture and competing implementations - [05:32:00] Consensus cleanup and Berkeley DB - [05:34:00] Code vs. consensus - [05:36:00] Bitcoin Knots and Luke-jr - [05:38:00] 300 kilobyte node and Luke-jr's views - [05:40:00] Bitcoin Knots and performance - [05:42:00] Bitcoin Knots and censorship - [05:44:00] Censorship and miner incentives - [05:46:00] Censorship and hash power - [05:48:00] Soft forks and censorship - [05:50:00] Ordinals and covenants - [05:52:00] RBF and zero-confirmation transactions - [05:54:00] Double spending and merchant risk - [05:56:00] First-seen mempool policy and RBF - [05:58:00] Low-value transactions and RBF - [06:00:00] Computational cost of actions - [06:00:15] Building infrastructure and system disruption - [06:00:20] Threat actors and economic disruption - [06:00:26] Double spending detection and system control - [06:00:29] Safety and manageability of zero comp transactions - [06:00:41] Security of zero comp transactions - [06:00:51] RBF (Replace-by-fee) and its relevance - [06:01:06] Bitcoin's mempool and transaction handling - [06:01:25] Mempool overflow and resource management - [06:02:08] Transaction storage and mining - [06:02:45] Miners' incentives and fee maximization - [06:03:07] Mempool policy and DOS protection - [06:03:41] Transaction validation and block context - [06:04:11] Fee limits and DOS protection - [06:05:13] Transaction sets, graph processing, and fee maximization - [06:06:24] Mining empty blocks and hash rate - [06:07:34] Replace-by-fee (RBF) and its purpose - [06:08:07] Infrastructure and RBF - [06:09:14] Transaction pool and conflict resolution - [06:09:44] Disk space, fees, and DOS protection - [06:11:06] Fee rates and DOS protection - [06:12:22] Opt-in RBF and mempool full RBF - [06:13:45] Intent flagging in transactions - [06:14:45] Miners obeying user intent and system value - [06:17:06] Socialized gain and individual expense - [06:18:17] Service reliability and profitability - [06:19:06] First-seen mempool policy - [06:19:37] Mempool policy and implementation - [06:20:06] User perspective on transaction priority - [06:21:14] Mempool conflicts and double spending - [06:22:10] CPFP (Child Pays for Parent) - [06:22:24] Mempool management and fee rates - [06:24:30] Mempool complexity and Peter Wuille's work - [06:25:54] Memory and disk resource management - [06:27:37] First-seen policy and miner profitability - [06:29:25] Miners' preference for first-seen - [06:30:04] Computational cost and fee optimization - [06:31:10] Security, Cypherpunk mentality, and the state - [06:35:25] Bitcoin's security model and censorship resistance - [06:41:02] State censorship and fee increases - [06:43:00] State's incentive to censor - [06:46:15] Lightning Network and regulation - [06:48:41] NGU (Number Go Up) and deference to the state - [06:51:10] Reasons for discussing Bitcoin's security model - [06:53:25] Bitcoin's potential subversion and resilience - [06:55:50] Lightning Network subsidies and scaling - [06:57:36] Mining protocols and security - [07:02:02] Braidpool and centralized mining - [07:04:44] Compact blocks and latency reduction - [07:07:23] Orphan rates and mining centralization - [07:08:16] Privacy and threat environments - [07:08:40] Social graphs, reputation, and identity - [07:10:23] Social scalability and Bitcoin - [07:12:36] Individual empowerment and anonymity - [07:16:48] Trust in society and the role of the state - [07:18:01] Payment methods and trust - [07:20:15] Credit reporting agencies and regulation - [07:22:17] Hardware wallets and self-custody - [07:23:46] Security vulnerabilities in Ledger - [07:27:14] Disclosure of secrets on Ledger devices - [07:36:27] Compromised machines and hardware wallets - [07:42:00] Methods for transferring signed transactions - [07:48:25] Threat scenarios and hardware wallet security - [07:50:47] Hardware wallet usage and personal comfort - [07:56:40] Coldcard wallets and user experience - [08:02:23] Security issues in the VX project - [08:03:25] Seed generation and hardware randomness - [08:12:05] Mastering Bitcoin and random number generation - [08:17:41]
In this record-breaking episode, whose running time exceeds 7 hours, Amir Taaki immerses us in his vast knowledge of arts & science. He covers everything from Bitcoin development to building DarkFi, plus his fascination with math & dinosaurs.
Time Stamps: Jeff Garzik's Contributions (00:00:47) Overview of Hemi (00:02:32) Scaling Bitcoin (00:03:11) Challenges with Current Solutions (00:04:17) Lightning Network Use Cases (00:05:04) Goals of Hemi (00:05:56) Integration with Bitcoin (00:07:19) History of Open Source Software (00:08:20) Security and Trust in Established Technologies (00:10:01) Satoshi's Approach to Building Bitcoin (00:12:58) Understanding Proof of Proof (00:14:11) Keystone Element in Hemi (00:16:15) Hi, Amir Taaki! (00:17:39) The Need for Privacy (00:18:31) Shift in Bitcoin's Narrative (00:20:13) Jeff Garzik's Optimism for Bitcoin (00:21:09) Building for the Future (00:23:00) Hemi and SideShift? (00:23:40) Hemi Token? (00:24:18) Practical Use Cases for Hemi (00:25:21) Decentralized Finance and Hemi (00:26:54) Composability in DeFi (00:28:23) Decentralization and Security (00:30:16) Maximalism vs. Moderation (00:33:03) Limitations of Bitcoin Script (00:35:31) Drivechains and Sidechains (00:40:16) Trade-offs of Using Hemi (00:43:17) Natural Scaling of Blockchain (00:44:51) Comparison with ZK Rollups (00:47:05) The Process of Innovation (00:47:56) Innovation in Scaling Blockchains (00:50:15) Hemi's Unique Approach (00:51:38) Self-Custody Risks and Best Practices (00:52:29) Medium of Exchange and Bitcoin's Volatility (00:56:17) Was Greg Maxwell Ever Wrong? (00:58:47) Jeff Garzik's Favorite Scaling and Privacy Solutions (01:01:52)
Leading privacy expert Amir Taaki joins us to discuss the current state of global privacy and what individuals can do to push back. Amir Taaki - https://x.com/Narodism Follow us to get all the information on Historical NFTs and the future of web3: Adam - https://x.com/adamamcbride Jake - https://x.com/jakegallen_ Chris - https://x.com/chris_devv Emblem - https://x.com/EmblemVault Recorded on September 11, 2024
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Have we lost the essence of what Bitcoin is? Amir Taaki, an early Bitcoiner, believes so, and in today's podcast, we review why: The parallels we're experiencing in 2024 with what happened in 2013-2014 The context of Dark Wallet in 2013 The block size war The demoralization of the West The capture of crypto The birth of the lunarpunk cycle The dark future he envisions An interesting perspective from outside the Bitcoin echo chamber by the creator of the first wallet with CoinJoin and Stealth Addresses: Dark Wallet. You will find all the references and videos mentioned on the blog: lunaticoin.blog Escúchame en Fountain aquí https://fountain.fm/lunaticoin Twitter: https://twitter.com/lunaticoin Canal de Telegram: https://t.me/lunaticoinpodcast Nostr: https://snort.social/p/npub1yn3hc8jmpj963h0zw49ullrrkkefn7qxf78mj29u7v2mn3yktuasx3mzt0 Contenido adicional en mi Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lunaticoin Mención especial a los sponsors de este podcast: Compra bitcoin en HodlHodl: https://bit.ly/hodlhodl-luna Custodia tus bitcoin con Coldcard de Coinkite: https://bit.ly/coinkite-luna Vive con bitcoin en Bitrefill: https://bit.ly/Luna_Bitrefill Crea, edita y comparte hypertexto sin que nadie te frene en Mintter https://mintter.com/ Apila dinero duro físico en La Dobla Bullion https://bit.ly/ladoblaluna
¿Hemos perdido la esencia de lo que es bitcoin? Amir Taaki, bitcoiner de los principios así lo cree y en el podcast de hoy repasamos el por qué: qué paralelismos estamos viviendo en 2024 con lo vivido en 2013-2014 el contexto de DarkWallet en 2013 la guerra del tamaño de bloque la demoralización de occidente la captura de cripto el nacimiento del ciclo lunarpunk y el futuro oscuro que vislumbra Una interesante perspectiva desde fuera de la cámara de eco bitcoiner del creador de la primera wallet con CoinJoin y Stealth Addresses: Dark Wallet Encontrarás en el blog todas las referencias y vídeos mencionados: BLOG https://lunaticoin.blog Escúchame en Fountain aquí https://fountain.fm/lunaticoin Twitter: https://twitter.com/lunaticoin Canal de Telegram: https://t.me/lunaticoinpodcast Nostr: https://snort.social/p/npub1yn3hc8jmpj963h0zw49ullrrkkefn7qxf78mj29u7v2mn3yktuasx3mzt0 Contenido adicional en mi Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lunaticoin Mención especial a los sponsors de este podcast: Compra bitcoin en HodlHodl: https://bit.ly/hodlhodl-luna Custodia tus bitcoin con Coldcard de Coinkite: https://bit.ly/coinkite-luna Vive con bitcoin en Bitrefill: https://bit.ly/Luna_Bitrefill Crea, edita y comparte hypertexto sin que nadie te frene en Mintter https://mintter.com/ Apila dinero duro físico en La Dobla Bullion https://bit.ly/ladoblaluna Y por cierto, ¿has conseguido ya el recién publicado The Blocksize War de Jonathan Bier con prólogo de Miguel Vidal, 100% traducido al español gracias a https://bit.ly/Prometea_Luna ? 100% recomendable
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Amir Taaki joined Bitcoin in late 2010, and is responsible for creating the BIP system, the first alternative Bitcoin client (libbitcoin), and the first privacy-focused wallet (DarkWallet). In this interview, he reflects on the early days of Bitcoin.
Rachel-Rose O'Leary was an artist before getting into crypto through Nick Land and Julian Assange. She's now a programmer working with Amir Taaki to build a crypto-anarchist DeFi ecosystem called DarkFi.✦ DarkFi✦ Rachel-Rose on TwitterOther Life✦ Subscribe to the coolest newsletter in the world OtherLife.co✦ Get a free Urbit planet at imperceptible.computer✦ We're building a new country at imperceptible.countryIndieThinkers.org✦ If you're working on independent intellectual work, join the next cohort of IndieThinkers.org
Amir Taaki je s bitcoinem už dvanáctým rokem a pamatuje si jeho úplné začátky. Komunita kolem nejstarší kryptoměny je podle něj ale příliš ustrnulá. Namísto původních silných myšlenek ji ovládl oportunismus.
Amir Taaki je s bitcoinem už dvanáctým rokem a pamatuje si jeho úplné začátky. Komunita kolem nejstarší kryptoměny je podle něj ale příliš ustrnulá. Namísto původních silných myšlenek ji ovládl oportunismus.
Amir Taaki je s bitcoinem už dvanáctým rokem a pamatuje si jeho úplné začátky. Komunita kolem nejstarší kryptoměny je podle něj ale příliš ustrnulá. Namísto původních silných myšlenek jí ovládl oportunismus.
Amir Taaki je s bitcoinem už dvanáctým rokem a pamatuje si jeho úplné začátky. Komunita kolem nejstarší kryptoměny je podle něj ale příliš ustrnulá. Namísto původních silných myšlenek jí ovládl oportunismus.
For this interview I spoke to Dr. Paul Dylan-Ennis (@polarpunklabs), professor at University College Dublin, and Rose O'Leary (@lunarmining), previous writer at CoinDesk and now a programmer for DarkFi. They are both also the editors for a new philosophy journal called Agorism in the 21st Century which recently published its first issue. Agorism is a heterodox libertarian political tendency that prioritizes taking part in "counter-economic" activity like grey and black markets for political change described by Samuel Konkin III that has influenced many figures who played crucial roles in the development in cryptocurrency.The first issue of the journal includes articles written by Harry Halpin, Jaya Klara Brekke, and even Nick Land among others. During the interview we talk about the journal and why they started it, Agorism as a philosophy, and the importance of having spaces for political inquiry without too much concern for the political spectrum. Since Rose is also one of the signers of the multi-sig wallet, we also talked about AssangeDAO, the DAO raising money for freeing Julian Assange, and its current status.Sources MentionedFirst issue of the journalRose's piece on LunarpunkMy interview with Amir Taaki on DarkFiMy interview with Harry Halpin on NYMIf you liked the podcast be sure to give it a review on your preferred podcast platform. If you find content like this important consider donating to my Patreon starting at just $3 per month. It takes quite a lot of my time and resources so any amount helps. Follow me on Twitter (@TBSocialist) and join the r/CryptoLeftists subreddit and Discord to join the discussion.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/theblockchainsocialist)
Epicenter - Learn about Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies
The DarkFi squad return for the second part of this 2 part episode. We chat about the FreeAssange DAO, totalitarianism in crypto, and hear about Amir's early involvement in many projects including Bitcoin, DarkMarket (OpenBazaar) and even Ethereum. Diving a bit more technical, we also cover the DarkFi platform, a new blockchain that prioritizes privacy. As a base layer for anonymous applications and smart contracts, it's a multichain interoperable, and open source product that anyone can build any type of applications on utilizing zero-knowledge proof.Topics covered in this episode:The Free Assange DAOIs transparency ever a good thing?DarkMarketTotalitarianism in cryptoAmir shares his views on EthereumSolarpunkEpisode links:Dark.FiDarkFi manifestoDarkFi Element channelDarkFi on TwitterAmir on TwitterRose on TwitterIvan on TwitterThe Dark ForestSponsors:Gnosis Safe: Gnosis Safe is a smart wallet for securely managing digital assets and allows you to define customized access permissions. - https://epicenter.rocks/gnosissafeTally: Tally is a new wallet for Web3 and DeFi that sees the wallet as a public good. Think of it like a community-owned alternative to MetaMask. - https://epicenter.rocks/tallycashThis episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/424
Epicenter - Learn about Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies
DarkFi is a new DeFi platform that prioritizes privacy. As a base layer for anonymous applications and smart contracts, it's a multichain interoperable, and open source product that anyone can build any type of application on utilising zero knowledge proof. The goal is to create a universe that anyone can access irrespective of their nationality or political beliefs. Amir Taaki, Rachel-Rose O'Leary and Ivan Jelincic, the members of the squad, joined us to chat about the importance of darkness and privacy within crypto utilizing zero knowledge proof technology. This is a 2-part series and in the next episode we explore AMMs, and the Free Assange DAOTopics covered in this episode:An introduction to the DarkFi team and how they got into cryptoDarkness and why it's importantThe crisis of civilization in the WestCrypto anarchyThe connection between crypto and moral fiberThe problems within crypto DarkFi is aiming to solve and how they are doing itEpisode links: DarkFi Element channelDarkFi on TwitterAmir on TwitterRose on TwitterIvan on TwitterThe Dark ForestThe Sovereign IndividualSecular CyclesSponsors: Chorus One: Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusoneParaSwap: ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenterThis episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/423
In this interchain ETH special episode of Citizen Cosmos we talk with Amir Taaki, founder of DarkFi, an anonymous DeFi network on Ethereum. DarkFi is an anonymous DeFi network. Its objective is to offer flexible private primitives that can be wielded to create any kind of application. DarkFi uses advances in zero-knowledge cryptography and creates a contracting language and developer toolkits aimed to make anonymous engineering highly accessible to developers. Anonymity as a design space has been hitherto unexplored. DarkFi is blowing the door to this wide open. In the open air of a fully dark, anonymous system, cryptocurrency has the potential to birth new technological concepts. This can be a creative, regenerative space – the dawn of a Dark Renaissance. Amir's Twitter (https://twitter.com/Narodism) We spoke to Amir about DeFi, and: What is DarkFi Cyberpunks Digital dictatorship Passion RegFi and DarkFi Gambling The modern political system Social credit score The projects and people that have been mentioned in this episode: | Ethereum (https://www.ethereum.org/) | DarkFi (https://dark.fi/) | Silkroad (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road_(marketplace)) | Alongside Night - the movie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX6q4qp55Q0) | If you like what we do at Citizen Cosmos: Stake with Citizen Cosmos validator (https://www.citizencosmos.space/staking) Help support the project via Gitcoin Grants (https://gitcoin.co/grants/1113/citizen-cosmos-podcast) Listen to the YouTube version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_B0_FUQXHU) Read our blog (https://citizen-cosmos.github.io/blog/) Check out our GitHub (https://github.com/citizen-cosmos/Citizen-Cosmos) Join our Telegram (https://t.me/citizen_cosmos) Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/cosmos_voice) Sign up to the RSS feed (https://www.citizencosmos.space/rss) Special Guest: Amir Taaki.
While I was in Lisbon a few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to meet in person and interview Amir Taaki (@Narodism), one of the first Bitcoin core developers and a part of the original team building Ethereum. For a long time Amir has been involved in left wing activism including volunteering in Rojava and is a big digital privacy advocate. While at Liscon, Amir also presented his latest project called DarkFi, an anonymous DeFi network.During the interview we spoke about his thoughts on the current state of the left and crypto, why he believes anonymity to be fundamental to democratic organizing, and what DarkFi plans to achieve. You can also see his talk and demo of DarkFi at Liscon here. Get involved in DarkFiDarkFi ManifestoDarkFi Telegram groupDarkFi TwitterIf you liked the podcast be sure to give it a review on your preferred podcast platform. If you find content like this important consider donating to my Patreon starting at just $3 per month. It takes quite a lot of my time and resources so any amount helps. Follow me on Twitter (@TBSocialist) and join the r/CryptoLeftists subreddit and Discord to join the discussion.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/theblockchainsocialist)
In this episode of The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado, hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost explain what Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs) are, and how the BIP process works. They discuss why the BIP process is a useful, yet non-binding convention within Bitcoin's technical community. Aaron and Sjors start off by explaining what a BIP is exactly— and what it is not. They also explain that only improvements to Bitcoin software that affects other projects require a BIP. The two go on to dive into the history of the BIP process a little bit, noting that the format was introduced by Libbitcoin developer Amir Taaki and later updated by Bitcoin Knots maintainer Luke-jr. Finally, Aaron and Sjors explain how the BIP process itself works, that is, how a proposal can be turned into a BIP, and eventually be implemented in software. They also briefly explain how the BIP process could become corrupted, and why that wouldn't be a very big deal. This episode was originally scheduled to be aired on Friday the 4th of June, but was delayed due to last week's Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami.
Documentary filmmaker Alex Lee Moyer joins Outsider Theory to discuss her 2020 film TFW No GF and its reception during the year after its release, as well as the film she edited prior to that, The New Radical. We also discuss the broader project of documenting countercultures, the ambivalent role of technology in channeling and enabling the control of oppositional cultural energy, and the prospects for creative work outside of the mainstream today. TFW No GF is now available on Amazon, iTunes, and YouTube: https://www.tfwnogfthemovie.com/ The New Radical is also available on Amazon, etc: https://www.amazon.com/New-Radical-Cody-Wilson/dp/B077W1PTJH
Episode three of a 10 part series on the first ten years of bitcoin we first broadcast in 2019.In this episode of TO THE MOON, Max and Stacy remain in 2011, a year when bitcoin was still ‘magical internet money’. It is also the year when bitcoiners met in ‘meatspace’ at the first bitcoin conferences, including Prague, where Max Keiser spoke and Amir Taaki hosted. In terms of the ‘permissionless’ nature of bitcoin, TO THE MOON flashes back to archival footage of an interview with John Perry Barlow, author of ‘A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace’, in which Max asks him “what happened to the internet?”TO THE MOON then talks to Nozomi Hayase about ‘natural law’ and how that governs bitcoin, while Rodolfo Novak notes that Satoshi remained anonymous because it is important for a permissionless system to not have somebody who rules it or who has too much authority over it. The episode then takes us into 2012 when QE3 already began and markets were soaring on freshly printed money and yet central banks started to worry about bitcoin as Tuur Demeester notes from the Keiser Report archives.
Episode two of a ten part series originally aired in late 2019 to mark the ten year birthday of bitcoin. This is the first time it has been uploaded to YouTube. In this episode of TO THE MOON, Max and Stacy look at some of the early adopters of bitcoin and the exchanges, derivatives contracts and pizza sales that erupted in the first days of crypto. On May 22, 2010, some pizzas were bought for 10,000 BTC, thus generating the first known purchase and real exchange value for the new magical internet money. TO THE MOON also takes a look at all the things Satoshi Nakamoto got wrong with bitcoin code, mistakes users still live with today. In 2010, we also saw bitcoin very first obituary, though hundreds more would follow over the years. Max and Stacy discuss the game theory of the bitcoin protocol with Francis Pouliot, nature's law with digital historian Nozomi Hayase, and economic freedom and sovereignty with Hartej Sawhney of Hosho.io. TO THE MOON also travels into the archives of Keiser Report where we find some of the earliest known television reports about bitcoin, including interviews with early adopters, Jon Matonis, and Amir Taaki.
The first of a ten part series on the first ten years of bitcoin. In the genesis episode of TO THE MOON, Max and Stacy ask: “What is bitcoin? What was the actual beginning? Was it the genesis block on January 3, 2009? Or the Bitcoin White Paper published on October 31, 2008? Or were the seeds first planted in the early digital currencies created by the cypherpunks a decade earlier?”TO THE MOON also asks: “What did Satoshi want?” Early bitcoin contributor, Amir Taaki, believes Satoshi’s genesis block message was very political, that the decision to publish the Times front page headline, “Chancellor on Brink of Second Bailout for Banks” was not random but rather signals intent. Jimmy Song says Satoshi wanted money that wasn’t controlled by a centralized authority and the best store of value ever created. Giacomo Zucco believes he wanted a monetary policy revolution. TO THE MOON then talks to Bill Barhydt of Abra about cypherpunks, what they wanted and how that influenced the revolution that is bitcoin. Nozomi Hayase says ‘cypherpunks write code’ and the bitcoin code embodies the ideals of natural law. Also in this episode, prominent bitcoiners like investor Trace Mayer, security engineer Jameson Lopp, entrepreneur and coder Rodolfo Novak, and Marshall Long, who was an early miner, provide insight into the ideology and ideas unleashed by bitcoin. The journey then takes them to the radical monetary experiment of QE which began only weeks after the Bitcoin White Paper was first published.
Cypherpunk Nightmares, Vol. 3 Capítulo 3 Fecha: 15 de Enero 2021. Este es el tercer capítulo del tercer volumen, grabado el día 15 de Enero del 2021. TEMAS TRATADOS: *BadgerDAO y DeFi, *Colectivos cibernéticos según Elon Musk y el programa espacial de SpaceX hacia Marte, *Blockchain interplanetario, *La historia de Aaron Schwarz, Cody Wilson y Amir Taaki y terminamos hablando de Bitcoin para el año 2025. Así que disfruten este tercer capítulo del Volumen 3 de Cypherpunk Nightmares!
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Amir Taaki is a British-Iranian anarchist revolutionary, hacktivist, and programmer who is known for his leading role in the bitcoin project, and for pioneering many open source projects. Forbes listed Taaki in their 30 Under 30 listing of 2014. That's his Wikipedia description which is pretty damn cool if you ask me.
Working with open source software changes the development process, according to this researcher who interviewed hundreds of technologists across projects. This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io.There are people who understand bitcoin yet aren’t obsessively bullish on it. (I know, it’s weird. Like, how?)Eghbal, a Protocol Labs alum who is familiar with bitcoin, is among them. She described bitcoin as a rare example of a project growing throughout a decade and continuing. Many people measure growth in terms of unique contributors, users or profits. For Eghbal, she said looking at different types of “activity” might offer a better spectrum. “Measuring activity is maybe a better way to think about project health...some projects also don’t need to be as actively developed as others,” Eghbal said. “I was also looking at things like maintainers’ responsiveness.” In short, are problems promptly fixed before they affect users? The quality of contributions should be evaluated in addition to the sheer number of contributors. Do the people who use the software get unique value from it when they need it?Another useful metric, she said, can be “work done,” including “how many pull requests are being merged or how many issues are being closed.”And, luckily, Eghbal isn’t the only researcher who understands bitcoin without being “active” in the “Bitcoin community.” (To be fair, I use these silly words more than anyone.) Privacy tech legend Claudia Diaz, Nym’s chief technologist, said she believes there could be value in cryptocurrency projects, although that’s not her focus nor passion. “Cryptocurrency offers an option for the people who use the systems to fund them,” Diaz said. “I’m interested in making systems that make sense and self-sustain because everyone has the right incentives.”IncentivesThere are many different types of value people derive from open source software projects. Sometimes they use the software, sometimes they use public work to develop their own personal brand. Eghbal said some of the most widely sought after engineers are “building an active fanbase for whatever they are creating.” She added there are “different types of open source projects” with passionate fandoms, like Rust, plus open source developers have “a lot in common” with other types of online content creators. These public displays can lead to dramatic Twitter feuds and heated rivalries, just like other personality-driven roles like TikTok stars and podcasters. “I’ve been told so many things are definitely, absolutely true, yet are all conflicting with each other,” Eghbal said of her research. “If I’ve learned anything it’s that developers have opinions.”This is why Diaz’s token-funded startup, Nym, is developing a privacy layer comparable to Tor, the latter of which she said is heavily reliant on government funding. In contrast, her startup Nym raised $2.5 million in a private token sale in 2019.“Tor offers different trade-offs,” Diaz said. “We built Nym and the applications on top can be messaging applications or cryptocurrency applications...using the infrastructure to protect their metadata in the sense the network can’t figure out what services you are accessing or what they might be doing with those services.”Motivations Diaz considers herself somewhat of an outsider to the open source developer community, like Eghbal. Their motivations are primarily research-oriented, because research is their job. Nym co-founders like Harry Halpin have more experience in (ideological) open source software development. Even coming from different perspectives, Halpin, Diaz and Eghbal all agreed that collaboration and interdependence are the crux of the open source development process. “Now instead of relying on a couple of other developers’ code you may now be relying on hundreds of thousands of people’s projects and you don’t even know who these people are,” Eghbal said. As such, Halpin said Nym works closely with teams contributing to other open source projects, like Rust, Cosmos and Zcash. In addition, his team often works with independent (quasi-celebrity) developers like Amir Taaki. Sometimes people contribute as a hobbyist or a user with specific needs, other times they are paid. There are many reasons why people work on cryptocurrency projects. “I think it would be great to have an infrastructure that could support privacy in a variety of applications,” Diaz said. “Cryptocurrency offers an option for the people who use the systems to fund them...Privacy technologies have been very difficult to market.”On the other hand, Eghbal described bitcoin as moving more slowly than some other cryptocurrency projects. “Trying to prioritize stability is a very different development style rather than allowing people to have lots and lots of features,” Eghbal said, describing Bitcoin as relatively “stable.” And even if the price of the asset never goes “to the moon,” perhaps continuing to provide reliable software tools can be a metric of success in itself.
Essa é a frase que marca a entrevista de 2014 com o cypherpunk e criptoanarquista Amir Taaki, desenvolvedor da implementação alterativa do Bitcoin Libbitcoin, do mercado Dark Market (que deu origem ao OpenBazaar) e da carteira Dark Wallet, que foi uma das primeiras tentativas de implementação de CoinJoin em uma carteira. Sua visão do Bitcoin é muito interessante e essa entrevista, por mais antiga que seja, se faz muito relevante para o momento que estamos vivendo de luta pela privacidade na rede Bitcoin. Vídeo: https://youtu.be/9YX_4RxTEec Link do artigo https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-technology-worth-nothing-interview-dark-wallet-front-man-amir-taaki-1412722833 Apresentação do Amir na Breaking Bitcoin 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY-QQOjycgI&feature=youtu.be&t=5212 SIGA OS BITCOINHEIROS: Site: https://www.bitcoinheiros.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/bitcoinheiros Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bitcoinheiros Allan - https://www.twitter.com/allanraicher Dov - https://twitter.com/bitdov Becas - https://twitter.com/bksbk6 Ivan - https://twitter.com/bitofsilence Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bitcoinheiros Facebook: https://www.fb.com/bitcoinheiros Podcast: https://anchor.fm/bitcoinheiros APOIE O CANAL: - Dê uma gorjeta pela Lightning Network: https://tippin.me/@bitcoinheiros - Dê uma gorjeta em Bitcoin onchain: https://tallyco.in/bitcoinheiros - Inscreva-se no canal - Deixe seu comentário no vídeo - Dê um like no vídeo - Compartilhe o vídeo e o canal com amigos e familiares na sua rede social - Envie um email com seu comentário e sugestões: bitcoinheiros@protonmail.com COMO GUARDAR SEUS BITCOINS? Bitcoinheiros recomendam o uso de carteiras Multisig com Hardware Wallets de diferentes fabricantes. Busque por "canivete bitcoinheiro" em nosso canal para saber mais. - COLDCARD - https://store.coinkite.com/promo/bitcoinheiros (use o código bitcoinheiros para ganhar 5% de desconto) - TREZOR PARA RESIDENTES NO BRASIL E AMÉRICA DO SUL Revendedor oficial: https://www.kriptobr.com/?afiliado=1288 Com o código "bitcoinheiros" você ganha 5% de desconto na Trezor - TREZOR PARA RESIDENTES EM OUTROS PAÍSES https://shop.trezor.io/product/trezor-model-t?offer_id=15&aff_id=3722 Com o código "bitcoinheiros" você ganha 5% de desconto na Trezor ISENÇÃO DE RESPONSABILIDADE: Este conteúdo foi preparado para fins meramente informativos. NÃO é uma recomendação financeira nem de investimento. As opiniões apresentadas são apenas opiniões. Faça sua própria pesquisa. Não nos responsabilizamos por qualquer decisão de investimento que você tomar ou ação que você executar inspirada em nossos vídeos.
“The legacy of our civilization is a state based on a hierarchical system of control and specialization of labor, which leads to all of the modern problems we have. To create a different kind of society, that's free, where people have liberty and natural wealth, the emerging field of cryptography offers us power." -Amir Taaki With markets around the world plunging into a downward spiral, now is a great time to revisit the original reasons why people started working on Bitcoin. Amir Taaki was one of Bitcoin’s first-ever dedicated developers and perhaps the one most infamously focused on maintaining privacy and freedom from authority. In 2014, Taaki created Dark Wallet, the first privacy-focused Bitcoin wallet to include a CoinJoin mixer. That same year, he received even more notoriety as Dark Wallet was twice named in the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) report on the potential money-laundering and terrorist-financing risks posed by cryptocurrencies. In this episode, Dave Hollerith talks with Taaki, who after years spent working with the Syrian Democratic Forces fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and helping build their society, is now contributing to multiple cryptocurrency and privacy projects not yet revealed to the public. Taaki takes a critical, perhaps unwarranted, view on the Bitcoin movement of today, but he also has a valuable perspective on many of the topics covered. Topics: What Bitcoiners can learn from the Free Software movement How Bitcoin has changed between 2014 and today, and why Taaki believes the ecosystem needs to create a new narrative. The pros and cons of American startup culture on Bitcoin's development How Taaki' opposing views of Bitcoin led to conflict with Gavin Andresen, and later the creation of the BIP system. How Taaki believes the Bitcoin of today is not radical enough The limits of mesh networks at a large scale Why Bitcoin needs a stronger narrative to defend against co-option by larger corporate and state entities. What Bitcoiners can learn from Taaki's experience helping build an autonomous free society in Syria The narrative the Bitcoin ecosystem needs to adopt according to Taaki Nym, the Barcelona hacker academy and Taaki's other unpublicized projects The similarities and limits of comparing Bitcoin to religion. Resources: Unix philosophy Amir Taaki on Bitcoin and Building Dissident Technology in 2020 The Rojava movement Anarchy in Kurdistan Twitter: Amir Taaki (@Narodism) Dave (@dshollers) Bitcoin Magazine Sponsors: Etoro DISCLAIMER: The following content is for informational purposes only. You should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. Nothing contained in this presentation constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer by BTC Media, The Let’s Talk Bitcoin Network, or any third party service provider to buy or sell any securities or other financial instruments.
The cypherpunk movement has expanded far beyond the 2,000 people who subscribed to mailing lists in the 1990s. In 2018, Entrepreneur reported there are more than 8,000 posts on Bitcointalk every day, while Coinbase garnered millions of user accounts. Such experimental technology is no longer the realm of just a few thousand geeks.However, across the board, even in 2020 cypherpunk projects rarely exceed a few dozen regular contributors. For example, Exiledsurfer, an event organizer and hacker space co-founder from the Parallele Polis collective, said his space in Vienna was inspired by a collective in Prague that collects roughly $5,000 a month in cryptocurrency from members to share a venue. Likewise, the Vienna chapter accepts dues in DAI, monero and bitcoin, just to name a few. “We’re a crypto pure organization,” Exiledsurfer said. “This will be an alternative asset class or, in a hundred years, there will by three guys in a garage in Topeka, Kansas, tweaking on a 2020 computer to keep the chain alive, just like people tweak on old cars.”The cypherpunk movement appears to be growing, albeit slowly. “I still get people every week, young people and programmers who say they want to give their lives to this thing,” cypherpunk icon Amir Taaki said, underscoring why he believes the movement will only succeed through groups with “structured” training methods. “There’s a yearning need for this...we can build our own financial networks outside of the control of the state,” Taaki said of the academy he plans to launch in Barcelona. “How do all of these pieces that we’re working on fit together to serve a higher goal? What’s our narrative?” Taaki said. Yet, even as a cypherpunk technology aficionado, Wertheimer disagrees with such collectivist views of “our” narrative or “pure” projects. “I don’t think we need bitcoin evangelists,” Wertheimer said. We’ll talk about why he views the ideological movement as divorced from user groups that may now utilize cypherpunk technology. Want more? Read my article about how bitcoin compares to the early days of the internet.
Bitcoin is a tool for specific uses and types of people Julia Touranski was one of the first “Bitcoin evangelists” and is the author of “The Declaration of Bitcoin’s Independence.” Returning to the podcast, Julia shares stories of luck, skill, and generosity. We ask the questions, if you’re poor, can bitcoin help you? If you’re […]
Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew interviews Amir Taaki, early Bitcoin developer, hacker, revolutionary, and political activist. We discuss an interesting array of topics on geopolitics, from communism to capitalism, the role of religion, the role of leaders, the role of weapons, and the role of money. Amir shares some stories from his early days in Bitcoin, both things he appreciated, and those he thinks Bitcoin should improve upon. We spend a good amount of time on political and economic activism as well, such as agorism, how fighting ISIS in Syria shaped Amir's worldview, and what he hopes to help those in Catalonia achieve. The latter part of the interview focuses on Amir's goals and challenges for his Polytech Acadamey. If interested, join the Telegram group here: https://t.me/PolytechAcademy Amir will present more on this at Eric Voskuil's (current Libbitcoin maintainer) Crypto Econ 2020 Summit this 29 February in Vietnam. Registration and info here: https://cryptoecon.org/ Listen on to learn more. Links for more info: https://twitter.com/Narodism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Taaki https://libbitcoininstitute.org/ https://www.amazon.com/Manifesto-Democratic-Civilization-Abdullah-%C3%96calan/dp/8293064420 Show Sponsor: cryptovoices.com/tradesmithoffer Hosts: Matthew Mežinskis, Fernando Ulrich Music: New Friend Music newfriendmusic.com/ Site: cryptovoices.com/ Podcast & Information Cryptoeconomics & Liberty Thanks for listening! Show content is not investment advice in any way.
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There are many individuals who choose to live out agorist principles in their lives. Some make large impacts in a specific way and some try to implement agorism into their personal lives in every aspect. I'll highlight Lily Forrester and John Galton, Cody Wilson, The Free State Project, and Amir Taaki. Sometimes things work out but often, bucking the State has consequences. The last section of the episode explores some philosophical views of Amir Taaki on ideology paired with sociological views of Petri Sorokin on spiritual and sensate culture paired with agorist philosophy with practical applications. - Website - http://www.ourfoundations.podbean.com/ - Email - ourfoundations@protonmail.com - Patreon page to support / donate - https://www.patreon.com/ourfoundations - Follow on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Foundationspc - Bitcoin Address - 1AZFLCvmfXasChaaecgYMP3vtnUrnLJoY7 - Ethereum - 0x409D0F2766e208C1Ea97fF2429D38a3D9E3abd3a - Zcash - t1SZKfocBcghVMWVCsbSA9zAHr5fzsxi62H - Pivx - D7ziutb5gGNnJ5pXngwa3w9zJj2P1iNzUT
In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max and Stacy discuss the euphoria and boom times in the stock and job markets while the bond market is predicting an imminent total economic apocalypse. In the second half, Max interviews Jaromil of Dyne.org about the fact that Facebook hired away part of his team working on DECODE for the European Union, a project for identity and privacy on the blockchain. He also appeals to Amir Taaki to return to bitcoin. RT LIVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFAcq... Check out http://rt.com Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on VK https://vk.com/rt_international Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT Follow us on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/rttv #RT (Russia Today) is a global #news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.
Topics Include: --"Silk Road, DPR, and Ross Ulbricht" --"The Nature of Bitcoin" --"Can Anarchy Work?" --"Revolutionary Visions" About the Guest: - Amir Taaki created the first full reimplementation of the bitcoin protocol named libbitcoin, worked on the bitcoin client Electrum and created other command line utilities around bitcoin and the network. The bitcoin standardization procedure (Bitcoin Improvement Proposals or BIPs) was started by Taaki. In 2014, together with Cody Wilson, he launched the Dark Wallet project after a crowdfunding run on IndieGoGo which raised over $50,000. Taaki, along with other developers created a prototype for a decentralized marketplace called "DarkMarket" in 2014, at a hackathon in Toronto,[28] which was forked into the OpenBazaar project. In 2015, Taaki went to Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan) to offer his tech skills, but was conscripted into the YPG military. He had no training, but spent three and a half months in the YPG military. He was then discharged and helped design the education curriculum in Rojava. - Lyn Ulbricht is the mother of Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road website. Deeply involved with her son’s defense, Lyn has worked to bring awareness to the case through http://www.freeross.org, media interviews, public appearances and other efforts. Since Ross was arrested, she has witnessed how the government prosecutes citizens; suppresses evidence; and violates the Constitution. She believes it is a story that needs to be told. Previous appearance here. Previous episodes with Lyn Ulbricht can be found here. If you like this content, please send a tip with BTC to: 1444meJi7YjgQGNg3U8Z6qYZFA5cgz4Gmj More Info: TatianaMoroz.com CryptoMediaHub.com Vaultoro.com Friends and Sponsors of the Show: TheBitcoinCPA.com CryptoCompare.com FreeRoss.org ThirdKey.Solutions SovrynTech.com SexAndScienceHour.com
Amir joins the show to talk his experience fighting ISIS with Rojava in Syria. Amir shares his philosophical reasons behind joining Rojava and how they intersect with anarchism. Amir also shares his thoughts on the current state of Bitcoin and the plan for finishing Dark Wallet.
On a desert-cold, moonlit night just over two years ago, Amir Taaki stepped off the Iraqi sand into a rubber dinghy floating in the Tigris River. The boat was just wide enough to fit his compact body next to the much larger American ex-Army machine gunner sitting beside him.
MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e168This is episode 168 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast! This week we have two main topics lined up: Heleum and Amir Taaki.To kick things off, we have a fantastic guest with us, Pace Ellsworth, the creator of Heleum. The upcoming service will automatically and algorithmically trade your money between several world currencies and cryptocurrencies. Rather than trying to game a single exchange pair (like BTC/USD), the program regularly checks numerous currencies for gains and moves into the best one.Can this really work? How much money could it make? Why do we need something like this? How can we get involved? Pace will have all the answers tonight. And remember you can ask your own questions in the chat while we're live!Then later in the show, we'll cover anarchist Bitcoiner Amir Taaki's recent run-in with ISIS. He used to work on anonymous, anarcho-capitalist projects like DarkWallet and OpenBazaar, but he was more or less lost for the past two years. Some people even thought he was dead.Then we learned that he had been working and fighting with rebels in Syria to build a free world from the ground up. He went there hoping to employ his tech skills but ended up fighting on the front lines a bit too. We'll share more details and comment on Amir's (possibly questionable) endeavors.Tune in tonight for all the fun and check the list below for some of the specific stories we'll cover!- Heleum FAQ- How an Anarchist Bitcoin Coder Found Himself Fighting ISIS in SyriaYour hosts are Daniel Brown and Tim Baker. Don't forget to visit http://ymb.tc/e168 so you can keep up with our open tweet lines, vote in this week's Bitcoin poll, and share your thoughts in the comments!Every click helps. If this Bitcoin podcast was interesting, entertaining, obnoxious, or anything else, use the share buttons to let others know that it exists.Or to support YMB more directly, subscribe on Patreon and earn perks. (http://ymb.tc/FeedUs)Tips appreciated: 1Kiy8x4pwMS7RQuH7xDeVcfqeup7gUTqA
MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e168This is episode 168 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast! This week we have two main topics lined up: Heleum and Amir Taaki.To kick things off, we have a fantastic guest with us, Pace Ellsworth, the creator of Heleum. The upcoming service will automatically and algorithmically trade your money between several world currencies and cryptocurrencies. Rather than trying to game a single exchange pair (like BTC/USD), the program regularly checks numerous currencies for gains and moves into the best one.Can this really work? How much money could it make? Why do we need something like this? How can we get involved? Pace will have all the answers tonight. And remember you can ask your own questions in the chat while we’re live!Then later in the show, we’ll cover anarchist Bitcoiner Amir Taaki’s recent run-in with ISIS. He used to work on anonymous, anarcho-capitalist projects like DarkWallet and OpenBazaar, but he was more or less lost for the past two years. Some people even thought he was dead.Then we learned that he had been working and fighting with rebels in Syria to build a free world from the ground up. He went there hoping to employ his tech skills but ended up fighting on the front lines a bit too. We’ll share more details and comment on Amir’s (possibly questionable) endeavors.Tune in tonight for all the fun and check the list below for some of the specific stories we’ll cover!- Heleum FAQ- How an Anarchist Bitcoin Coder Found Himself Fighting ISIS in SyriaYour hosts are Daniel Brown and Tim Baker. Don’t forget to visit http://ymb.tc/e168 so you can keep up with our open tweet lines, vote in this week’s Bitcoin poll, and share your thoughts in the comments!Every click helps. If this Bitcoin podcast was interesting, entertaining, obnoxious, or anything else, use the share buttons to let others know that it exists.Or to support YMB more directly, subscribe on Patreon and earn perks. (http://ymb.tc/FeedUs)Tips appreciated: 1Kiy8x4pwMS7RQuH7xDeVcfqeup7gUTqA
MP3, Poll, Links, and More: http://ymb.tc/e168This is episode 168 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast! This week we have two main topics lined up: Heleum and Amir Taaki.To kick things off, we have a fantastic guest with us, Pace Ellsworth, the creator of Heleum. The upcoming service will automatically and algorithmically trade your money between several world currencies and cryptocurrencies. Rather than trying to game a single exchange pair (like BTC/USD), the program regularly checks numerous currencies for gains and moves into the best one.Can this really work? How much money could it make? Why do we need something like this? How can we get involved? Pace will have all the answers tonight. And remember you can ask your own questions in the chat while we’re live!Then later in the show, we’ll cover anarchist Bitcoiner Amir Taaki’s recent run-in with ISIS. He used to work on anonymous, anarcho-capitalist projects like DarkWallet and OpenBazaar, but he was more or less lost for the past two years. Some people even thought he was dead.Then we learned that he had been working and fighting with rebels in Syria to build a free world from the ground up. He went there hoping to employ his tech skills but ended up fighting on the front lines a bit too. We’ll share more details and comment on Amir’s (possibly questionable) endeavors.Tune in tonight for all the fun and check the list below for some of the specific stories we’ll cover!- Heleum FAQ- How an Anarchist Bitcoin Coder Found Himself Fighting ISIS in SyriaYour hosts are Daniel Brown and Tim Baker. Don’t forget to visit http://ymb.tc/e168 so you can keep up with our open tweet lines, vote in this week’s Bitcoin poll, and share your thoughts in the comments!Every click helps. If this Bitcoin podcast was interesting, entertaining, obnoxious, or anything else, use the share buttons to let others know that it exists.Or to support YMB more directly, subscribe on Patreon and earn perks. (http://ymb.tc/FeedUs)Tips appreciated: 1Kiy8x4pwMS7RQuH7xDeVcfqeup7gUTqA
Main Page: http://ymb.tc/e110This is episode 110 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!Scaling Bitcoin (possibly by increasing the block size) has recently been a huge topic in the Bitcoin community and on our show. Many people want to make changes so the network can handle more transactions. This would allow more people to use Bitcoin more often, helping it “go mainstream,” as they say.At times, we hosts have generally felt the same way, but an old interview with Amir Taaki recently came to our attention and raised some new questions. Does Bitcoin need to go mainstream? If it does become slow and expensive, would it be worth paying for the benefits of anonymity and privacy? Should we worry because powerful people can influence the network?We don't have all the answers but we do have more opinions than bus full of 19 year-old Political Science majors, so tune in for an exciting show! Your hosts are Daniel Brown, Tim Baker, and John Stuart. Enjoy!Leave a comment and tell us if you think it's worth making compromises in Bitcoin to reach the masses!We'd also like to thank this episode's sponsor, LuckyBit.If this Bitcoin podcast was interesting, entertaining, or anything else, please use the share buttons to let others know that it exists! Every little bit of support helps.Tips appreciated: 1Kiy8x4pwMS7RQuH7xDeVcfqeup7gUTqA
Main Page: http://ymb.tc/e110This is episode 110 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!Scaling Bitcoin (possibly by increasing the block size) has recently been a huge topic in the Bitcoin community and on our show. Many people want to make changes so the network can handle more transactions. This would allow more people to use Bitcoin more often, helping it “go mainstream,” as they say.At times, we hosts have generally felt the same way, but an old interview with Amir Taaki recently came to our attention and raised some new questions. Does Bitcoin need to go mainstream? If it does become slow and expensive, would it be worth paying for the benefits of anonymity and privacy? Should we worry because powerful people can influence the network?We don’t have all the answers but we do have more opinions than bus full of 19 year-old Political Science majors, so tune in for an exciting show! Your hosts are Daniel Brown, Tim Baker, and John Stuart. Enjoy!Leave a comment and tell us if you think it’s worth making compromises in Bitcoin to reach the masses!We’d also like to thank this episode’s sponsor, LuckyBit.If this Bitcoin podcast was interesting, entertaining, or anything else, please use the share buttons to let others know that it exists! Every little bit of support helps.Tips appreciated: 1Kiy8x4pwMS7RQuH7xDeVcfqeup7gUTqA
Main Page: http://ymb.tc/e110This is episode 110 of You, Me, and BTC – your liberty and Bitcoin podcast!Scaling Bitcoin (possibly by increasing the block size) has recently been a huge topic in the Bitcoin community and on our show. Many people want to make changes so the network can handle more transactions. This would allow more people to use Bitcoin more often, helping it “go mainstream,” as they say.At times, we hosts have generally felt the same way, but an old interview with Amir Taaki recently came to our attention and raised some new questions. Does Bitcoin need to go mainstream? If it does become slow and expensive, would it be worth paying for the benefits of anonymity and privacy? Should we worry because powerful people can influence the network?We don’t have all the answers but we do have more opinions than bus full of 19 year-old Political Science majors, so tune in for an exciting show! Your hosts are Daniel Brown, Tim Baker, and John Stuart. Enjoy!Leave a comment and tell us if you think it’s worth making compromises in Bitcoin to reach the masses!We’d also like to thank this episode’s sponsor, LuckyBit.If this Bitcoin podcast was interesting, entertaining, or anything else, please use the share buttons to let others know that it exists! Every little bit of support helps.Tips appreciated: 1Kiy8x4pwMS7RQuH7xDeVcfqeup7gUTqA
Welcome to Liberty Entrepreneurs Podcast, where we explore how to build freedom through the entrepreneurial process. Our goal is to provide you with the tools and mindset needed to create your lifestyle of independence https://airbitz.co/and flexibility. This is Episode 6, From Amish Markets to Bitcoin, with our guest Will Pangman, Director of Marketing for AirBitz. Please follow us on twitter at @libertyepodcast and https://www.facebook.com/LibertyEntrepreneurs/. Show notes are found on our website, www.libertyentrepreneurs.com, as well as on Youtube. Hosted by Justin Blincoe @jpblincoe on Twitter. Will is the Marketing Manager of Airbitz, a company dedicated to increasing bitcoin adoption around the world while staying true to the decentralized principles behind blockchain technology. In the recent past, Will has been involved with the Bitcoin personal finance app, Tapeke, the Bitcoin Foundation’s Education Committee, the College Cryptocurrency Network, Digital Chamber’s Bitcoin Education Day on Capitol Hill, the Open Bitcoin Privacy Project and the Cryptocurrency Certification Consortium. He’s also a frequent guest on the World Crypto Network’s weekly live panel show, The Bitcoin Group. 2:00 Will's first entrepreneurial experiences 3:15 Buying Amish goods and selling for a premium 7:58 – Will tells about his first experience with bitcoin in 2012 13:00 Blockchain vs Bitcoin from an insider 13:30 What is the Blockchain Agenda? 44:15 Will requests you try out the Airbitz appp at: airbitz.co/app Youtube: Airbitz 26:09 Tools Will uses for effective marketing 34:20 Networking tips: Meetup.com as the best networking tool ever – how to run a sustainable Meetup 3x:xx: Will's book recommendations: The World's Greatest Salesman by Og Mandino, Art of Learning, Josh Waitzkin, The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday 39:50: Will's most influential entrepreneurs: Cody Wilson, Amir Taaki, Aaron Swartz, Sarah Blincoe Will's Contact Info: www.airbitz.co/app will@airbtiz.co Twitter: @Willwaukee / @Airbitz Slack: join slack.airbitz.co to join the Airbitz community https://tapeke.com/
Renegade computer hacker Amir Taaki talks bitcoin and revolution.This interview was recorded in early 2014 as part of the research for my book. Some of the Occupy movement are based there - and Amir uses it as his London base. I thought you'd enjoy listening to it. And this is the squat where we recorded the interview:Bitcoin: the Future of Money? by Dominic Frisby is available directly from the publishers Unbound, from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk. The audiobook is available here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit frisby.substack.com/subscribe
We chat with Amir Taaki about Libbitcoin, and how it could enable a new generation of Bitcoin powered applications and services. And what he see’s as the biggest threat facing Bitcoin, his work with... Plan B is a weekly talk show contemplating the future and present of Bitcoin. With insights for the novice, shop talk for the expert, and opinionated discussion for the interested observer of bitcoin and related technologies.
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